aynard James Keenanadmittedthat if felt like “a weight lifted off my chest” whenToolannounced the title of their fifth album this week. The long-awaited follow-up to 2006’s10,000 Daysis calledFear Inoculum, and it’s set for release on Aug. 30.
Keenan’s lyrics spread far and wide, across songs he writes for Tool,A Perfect CircleandPuscifer; but it’s possible to guess at what “fear inoculum” might mean before the LP arrives.